Green Business is no longer for the few "out there" eccentrics. It is at the center of the world economy and knowing about this trend and the opportunities that can be found here is a smart career strategy. I have one client that has taken his concern for the future of the world and is channeling it into launching an alternative energy company after spending the last ten years of his career in finance and technology. He had a meeting with the Department of Energy a few weeks ago and his future is very bright!

There are many resources to learn about this trend including:

www.greenjobs.com

www.sustainablebusiness.com

www.svn.org

www.livingeconomies.org

www.lohas.com

Whether you work directly in green industries or not, educating  yourself on green jobs and the work of these organizations will be help you be a better businessperson, parent, citizen and consumer

Laurel Donnellan

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It is even more important now that are economy is slowly recovering that we remember that we, the people in the workforce are the economy and we can improve it by focusing on doing remarkable work every day while planning a positive future.

Remarkable work is work where you feel engaged, whole and ready to transform.

If you are doing remarkable work, you wake up most mornings excited about what you are going to do that day, committed to what is possible, and free to show up as your most authentic self.

Remarkable work is the best way to express your passions while contributing to yourself and others. I believe that this work is an outer expression of an inner call to purpose, and that seeking and following it is a noble endeavor. Fourteen years ago I dedicated my life to helping people navigate this journey and began studying people that had found ways to put their passions into practice at work. I call them the super-satisfied workers whether they are on their own or working within organizations.

In this process, I identified twelve principles and practices that this group shared and organized them into a practical three phase methodology called Three Giant Leaps Method This path consists of three distinct but connected parts.

The first pathway is called Leap One:The Past and allows you to retrace your past and explore the principles of courage, faith, awareness, and truth. The second pathway is called Leap Two: The Present, and will lead you to a deeper understanding about your attitudes and behaviors concerning health, relationships, money and work. The last pathway is called Leap Three: The Future and will prepare you for a future that includes remarkable work.

People dedicated to this path learn to be brave. They often have to fight off ideas of what is widely accepted as “successful” in order to carve their own way. Whether they infiltrate corporate structures with kindness, defy American materialism by devoting themselves to teaching children, or proudly make cupcakes as stay-at-home moms, they all have one thing in common: they have been or are currently on a search for work that is aligned with their personal values and natural talents.

The good news is that anyone that chooses can have remarkable work if they study these principles and dedicate themselves to this deep process over the long term. If you care about finding your place in society and search for meaning in all activities, including work, you are ready for The Three Giant Leaps Method.  

Here is a brief introduction to three of the twelve practices from this method that you can begin today:

1.       Be a visionary: Whether you want to make your current job more meaningful or move to a new situation the first step is to give yourself permission and the time to dream again. Spend an hour a week or some dedicated time on your vacation reflecting on this question: What am I passionate about and how can I incorporate these passions into my next career chapter?

2.       Play with Possibilities: Allow yourself to get out of your head and into your heart by being creative. Create a collage that contains the elements of your perfect work environment and put it up in a place you can see it each day. Leave it up for a while and put up post-it notes with your ideas for future projects, jobs and/or careers and work around the collage.

3.       Do Remarkable Work: As you are excavating your best future, it is important to perform as well as you possibly can in your current work, whether or not you are doing your dream. This will build your self-esteem and help you gather energy for the transition ahead.

Laurel Donnellan

Laurel Donnellan is the President and Co-Founder of Three Giant Leaps. 

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Question from reader: Over the last few years, I have grown to dislike my job more and more. I waitress at a nightclub and over the weekend it was closed.

Part of me is relieved but I am also anxious since I did not prepare for this. Any advice?

The first thing to do is be very gentle with yourself and try not to panic. This can be an opening to a better career if you try not to rush back into the same type of work. Here are five things to do immediately:

1.       Take care of you basic needs and health. Rest, good food, enough water and exercise can be the best foundation through a stressful transition.

2.       Assess your finances to see how long you can go without working and, apply for unemployment immediately.

3.       Take a day or two to be with supportive family and friends. Even when you leave a job that you did not like, it is still a shock to lose your livelihood. Be gentle with yourself.

4.        Begin looking at this as a window to a new path. Create a list of jobs that you are qualified for that you may enjoy more than your old job. Begin the job search when you are clear about what skills you have that you want to put to use now and what type of environment may better suit you.

5.       Create a list of possible dream jobs you would like to pursue in the future. These opportunities may require more education or training than you have now. Research those possibilities as you search for a job.

The next job you land may not be your dream job, and that is ok. You just want to make sure your next position takes you closer to work you will eventually love instead of feeling like a step backward.

Laurel Donnellan

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Laurel Donnellan

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Is it too much to ask to have a job and a place to feel at happy during a time when many are just grateful to be employed?

 

NO. Our future depends on it. Simply put, happy workers create productivity, quality and effective organizations which in turn will help us get back on our feet. 

We cannot entirely blame the leaders in Washington or Wall Street or Detroit for the mess we are in. I have a controversial theory that unhappy workers contributed greatly to the collapse of the US economy whether they were in the corner office of a high rise or on the factory floor.  55% of all American workers reported that they hated their jobs in January of 2010. How can we build a great economy while our workers are spending company time surfing monster.com or day dreaming about the weekends?

 

So here is my list of five things you can do to help yourself and the future of our world economy:

 

1.     Do not give up on your dreams and spend some time each week cultivating your interests and planning your best future. 

2.     Be responsible and give your best to whatever you have committed to for work currently. 

3.     If you are currently unemployed, balance the job search with some soul searching around how this may be an opportunity to get to out of your box.   

4.     If you are a boss, create the best atmosphere for your employees you can. Create a healthy work environment and you will be rewarded with loyalty and productivity. 

5.     If a co-worker is down, try to reach out to that person and lift their spirits.  It will help you both. 

 

Laurel Donnellan is the President and Co-Founder of Three Giant Leaps.Laurel has 30 years of experience as a leader, educator and coach: and has degrees from Cornell and Columbia. She is a thought leader in global career development. Her passion is helping people of all ages find their home in the world of work. You can learn more about her and take a free career change assessment at http://www.threegiantleaps.com

 

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When I decided to make career change coaching my life’s work, I researched many other approaches before deciding to create my own methodology. I attended classes and programs with many experts in the field of personal growth and career development including Stephen Covey, Ken Blanchard, Barbara Sher, Richard Bolles, Gregg Levoy, Frederick Hudson, Rick Jarrow, Julia Cameron, Mathew Fox and SARK. In this intensive search for a complete 360 degree approach to career and life planning, I ultimately decided to create a new approach that eventually evolved into The Three Giant Leaps Method. This twelve part patented process that helps people examine their past, assess their present and plan their future through the lens of calling. 

In our approach to career change coaching we take a bold stand in the belief that anyone can find a calling, the best way to express passions and purpose, if they are willing to do the work we provide with the assistance of a coach that has been trained in our process. Our coaches use the following foundational guiding principles when working with clients through the twelve stages of the process: 

· Dream Advocacy - We always maintain faith in the possibility that clients can find and practice their soul work, meet (or more fully meet) their highest potential, and make positive changes in their lives. And, when appropriate, we gently push clients to reach further than they thought possible. Throughout the process we listen for soul work possibilities and help our clients keep an ongoing list. 

· Wisdom - We espouse a “lead from behind” approach: we respect clients’ limits, show gentleness towards their vulnerability, and never impose our own values or hopes on them. We believe that TGL work represents a partnership between coaches and clients and we learn from each other throughout the process. 

· Trust - We understand that the TGL model works on creating lasting change and can take time. We are patient with our clients and the process and help our clients to be patient as well. We believe in the power of trusting relationships and our methodology. 

· Partnership - We acknowledge when a client’s issue or block is beyond our expertise and show savvy in assessing client need, conferring with our colleagues and making referrals to other professionals. 

· Safety - We are able to witness, hold the space for, and appropriately respond to a full range of emotions. We listen deeply and openly. We are tolerant and supportive of differing values. 

· Focus - We appropriately use self disclosure, focusing on the need of the client and knowing that self-disclosure should be used instructionally and prudently. 

· Expertise - We judiciously use and balance strategizing, advising, guiding, questioning, challenging, giving honest feedback, and listening. 

· Awareness - We know our own issues, strengths, biases, projections, fears, and sore spots and we seek out coaching from a TGL Master Guide whenever we have a question or concern that we cannot manage ourselves. 

· Grace – We expect and accept that aspects of our process are spiritual and mystical. We develop our attunement to this and honor our clients’ personal experience of grace. 

· Mastery – We strive to become masterful as speakers, coaches, guides and teachers. 

· Authenticity – We balance our allegiance to the Three Giant Leaps methodology with our own inner knowing and experience. 

As you may suspect, this is not a simple career change coaching process. It takes people with special skills and a unique life story to execute so many layers and help people through career/life transitions. You can learn more about this extraordinary group of people at http://www.threegiantleaps.com/about-us/coaching-team/  

Laurel Donnellan 

://www.threegiantleaps.com

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“The next job you get does  not have to be your dream but it make sure it is to one step in the right direction.”

Laurel Donnellan

President
Three Giant Leaps

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